Chapter 12: David, what's wrong with your body?
A figure he knew all too well, but shouldn't be here.
Accompanied by the sound of footsteps, David slowly emerged from the darkness under the streetlamp.
"David, what did you say?"
Clark was confused and astonished by David's sudden appearance.
"How did you get here? I specifically took him out of town to this spot. It's impossible to get here from school this quickly, even by car."
Besides, if he heard correctly—his own brother was telling him to kill someone?
"I said kill him, Clark."
Ignoring his questions, David glanced at Jeremy, planted his feet, and repeated with a solemn expression.
[Anger from Jeremy +0.02, Killing intent +0.02...]
Unexpectedly, this person could also provide emotional points, but compared to Clark, it was pitifully little.
"If you don't do it, I will."
"No, how can we kill people?"
Clark, who had been taught kindness by Martha since childhood, was shocked. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, feeling like his brother seemed like a stranger.
"He's killed more than one person. He's already a madman, a dead man, isn't he?"
David had heard the previous conversation. Moreover, just by looking at the other person's appearance, he knew they had gone insane, wanting to kill hundreds of people in one go without batting an eye.
"We can't carry out vigilantism."
Clark's expression turned slightly unpleasant. He slowed his voice, refused, and then suggested, "The law is here. We can hand him over to the police. He'll be sentenced and receive the punishment he deserves."
He didn't deny that Jeremy deserved the death penalty, but no one should casually stand above the law and life.
"He saw your face."
David stopped talking nonsense and walked towards Jeremy, who had just managed to stand up from the ground.
"My face?"
"Do you think ordinary prisons can hold him? When he gets out, will he retaliate against you?"
David wasn't worried about the tough-skinned Clark, but retaliation could also come from those around him. He retorted.
"What if he finds our home following you..."
Mentioning his parents, Clark's expression changed. He suddenly remembered something he had forgotten all along. He finally understood why his brother had immediately asked him to kill the man. Clark touched his face. In his haste, he had forgotten to hide his identity.
Swish!
Jeremy showed no fear when facing Clark, but as David approached him with a chilling aura, he felt an inexplicable unease, like the difference between a gentle elephant and a deadly lion. He could tell from David's deathly cold eyes that David's threat to kill him was not just talk. And would someone who had witnessed his abilities and was confident enough to come and kill him be an ordinary person?
Sizzle!
Electricity shot out. Before Jeremy could even raise his hand to attack, David disappeared from his spot without even blinking. Thanos's abilities did not include super speed; his speed was only close to sound. But that was enough.
"To eliminate future troubles, your death sentence can only be moved up."
David, along with his voice, appeared before a startled Jeremy. He grabbed him by the neck with one hand, effortlessly lifting him into the air like a small chick. As if his neck were caught in iron tongs, Jeremy struggled to breathe, his face turning purplish-blue, his legs kicking powerlessly in mid-air.
"You... What kind of monster are you?"
Looking at David, whose skin had turned purple, Jeremy's eyes widened in terror. He struggled with both hands, gripping David's palm. In the face of death's fear, he unleashed his abilities with all his might.
"Let... let me go!"
Sizzle!
Terrifying electricity struck David's hand, turning only half of his sleeve to ash, but it couldn't budge his slender body, as robust as steel, even slightly.
"David, what's with your appearance?"
Torn between his parents and killing someone, Clark was already hesitant. Seeing his brother's appearance suddenly change, he stood frozen in shock, his mouth agape.
"How did you end up like this?"
"I'm not the only one with secrets, Clark."
Glancing at Clark, David replied.
He could snap Jeremy's neck at any moment, but he deliberately didn't. He had a guess.
Clark quickly realized that this wasn't important right now.
He left an afterimage of himself on the spot and flew over at high speed, grabbing David's wrist.
"Let him go, brother."
He hurriedly tried to stop David.
But to his astonishment, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pry David's hand open.
From a grip strong enough to make an ordinary person let go, to one capable of bending steel bars as thick as an arm, the road beneath their feet cracked under the strain as he exerted his strength.
David's body remained as unmovable as an unshakeable mountain.
"How did you do that? Are you really David?"
Shocked, Clark dared not continue to exert force, fearing he would injure his brother, who suddenly felt incredibly mysterious.
"Listen, David, you can't kill him.
Some lines, once crossed, are hard to uncross. If Father and Mother were here, they wouldn't agree with you doing this."
Then, his expression turned serious, and he gazed into his brother's eyes, earnestly requesting him to let the person go.
Clark deeply regretted his lack of foresight at this moment.
But he didn't want his brother to clean up this mess at the cost of someone's life.
"Think about what our father and mother would think if they found out about this, David."
One second, two seconds… they looked at each other.
"Fine, I won't kill him."
When their parents were mentioned, David's attitude seemed to soften. He put Jeremy down.
"However, I need to take a precaution just in case."
Bang!
With that, he struck Jeremy on the back of the head. The blow wasn't too forceful.
It felt like being hit hard on the back of the head with a baseball bat. Before he could react, Jeremy fell straight onto the cold, hard road, his eyes closed, motionless.
"You killed him anyway?"
Clark quickly checked the situation. Jeremy was still breathing, but no matter how much he called out, he couldn't wake him up.
"I turned him into a vegetable to prevent him from doing evil in the future."
"What?"
Hearing his brother's casual words, Clark looked up in disbelief: "David, you…"
"Are you going to say this is also vigilantism and that it's not allowed either?"
David immediately raised an eyebrow and retorted.
"I…"
Honestly, Clark did think so.
Turning someone into a vegetable to prevent retaliation was a rather cruel approach.
But remembering that this incident started due to his own negligence, and that his brother had listened to him and hadn't killed the other person, should he still be overly critical and reprimand his brother?
Clark was speechless.
"This is the end of it. You can send him to any place that can take care of him. Don't get involved with this anymore."
David glanced at the newly created vegetable on the ground and turned to leave.
[Fear from Jeremy +0.04, Anger +0.03, Hatred +0.004…]
The emotion points flowed in a steady stream.
"As expected, even though a vegetable can't wake up, their brain still has consciousness."
This was more beneficial to him than killing Jeremy.
"I put him at the entrance of the town hospital."
Carrying Jeremy, Clark vanished from the spot. Less than a second or two later, David hadn't gone far when Clark returned, his voice muffled.
"Now let's go back to school, in case someone discovers we're missing."
David glanced at Clark, whose movement trajectory was only a blur when he left, and said.
"My strength and defense are definitely far beyond Clark's at this moment, but in terms of speed, Clark has a significant advantage over me."
He was a little curious in his heart. He wondered who would win if he fought the current Clark without Kryptonite.
"David, what's going on with your body?"
Catching up to his brother, Clark's expression was complex. He had a string of questions he wanted to ask. David had suddenly revealed too much today; he suddenly realized he didn't seem to know his brother very well.
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